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Olivera simic argues that the international criminal law and feminist legal discourse on wartime sexual violence can construct a problematic victim hierarchy that excludes and misrecognises certain womens experiences of sexual violence during and after armed conflict. Griffith law school academic dr olivera simics new book silenced victims of wartime sexual violence will be launched at south bank campus on monday august 20 the book focuses on the harrowing experiences of bosnian serb women where the collapse of the former yugoslavia led to . I argue that the international criminal law and feminist legal discourse on wartime sexual violence can construct a problematic victim hierarchy that excludes and misrecognises certain womens experiences of sexual violence during and after armed conflict. The condemnation of wartime sexual violence as a gross violation of human rights has received widespread support while rape and other forms of sexual violence have attracted considerable local and international attention this often excludes wartime sexual violence among women belonging to so . Get this from a library silenced victims of wartime sexual violence olivera simi the condemnation of wartime sexual violence as a gross violation of human rights has received widespread support while rape and other forms of sexual violence have attracted considerable local and